Greek: ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Time of Artaxerxes III-Darius III (ca. 350-333 BC). AR tetradrachm (21mm, 15.20 gm, 1h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 ...

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ACHAEMENID PERSIA. Time of Artaxerxes III-Darius III (ca. 350-333 BC). AR tetradrachm (21mm, 15.20 gm, 1h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 3/5. Uncertain mint in Caria. Persian king or hero, wearing cidaris and candys, advancing right and drawing bow / Warrior, wearing cyrbasia, galloping right, thrusting with spear downwards in right hand. Konuk, Influences, pl. XXX, 12. Rare control mark for this type.

From the Merrill A. Gibson Collection of Ancient Coins. Ex Apollo Numismatics, private sale with old dealer's tag included; Gorny & Mosch, Auction 269 (9 March 2020), lot 566.

Much of our knowledge about this rather enigmatic Persian royal coinage series comes from the Pixodaros Hoard, which accounts for over half of the known specimens. It was previously believed that this coinage might have been an emergency issue struck in the twilight years of the Persian Empire, but it is now thought that the coinage was at least somewhat regular, owing to the wide variety of dies found among the examples of the hoard.

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